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    A Review of Gay Directors, Gay Films? by Emanuel Levy

    Film critic Emanuel Levy‘s new book Gay Directors , Gay Films? is an excellent examination of the work of five gay filmmakers–Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van… Read more “A Review of Gay Directors, Gay Films? by Emanuel Levy”

    September 9, 2015May 19, 2025 by David Nilsen

    A Review of Saving Julian by Mason Stokes

    Paul Drucker is a middle-aged preacher and psychology professor with a thriving gay conversion ministry, a successful book called Saving Our Boys from the Gay Menace, and a secret–he’s… Read more “A Review of Saving Julian by Mason Stokes”

    August 31, 2015April 3, 2025 by David Nilsen

    The Review of The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

    Early in Maggie Nelson’s thunderclap of a memoir The Argonauts the author quotes French philosopher Roland Barthes: “‘I love you’ is like ‘the Argonaut renewing his ship during… Read more “The Review of The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson”

    July 17, 2015May 19, 2025 by David Nilsen

    The Gender Retirement Home: Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote

    “When I retired from gender, it was because I came to the realization that the gender binary was what had been failing me all along. It’s hard… Read more “The Gender Retirement Home: Gender Failure by Rae Spoon and Ivan E. Coyote”

    March 10, 2015May 14, 2025 by David Nilsen

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